Revenge is a dish best served cold. This is the theme of the month as Karmma Calling, the official remake of the ABC show Revenge, hit Disney+ Hotstar. The original and the remake are all about a young woman’s quest to seek vengeance against the people who wronged her father and walked away unharmed. Karmma Calling is set in the quaint seaside town of Ali Baug in Mumbai, where the wealthiest of people reside and are private about their affairs. Soon Karmma begins exposing many close to the Kothari family. If you liked Karmma Calling or generally enjoy revenge dramas, here is a list of television shows you must check out.
House Of Cards
There is no better show in the revenge drama genre than the Netflix original, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright starrer House of Cards. The show set a benchmark in the political revenge drama genre. Before...
House Of Cards
There is no better show in the revenge drama genre than the Netflix original, Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright starrer House of Cards. The show set a benchmark in the political revenge drama genre. Before...
- 1/26/2024
- by Smriti Kannan
- Film Fugitives
Netflix‘s House of Cards might’ve been just as actor Robin Wright’s show as it was Kevin Spacey’s. So when Wright learned about the modest pay-gap between her and her co-star, she rectified the situation her way.
What Robin Wright warned she’d do if she didn’t make as much as her ‘House of Cards’ co-star Robin Wright | Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
Wright was more than a little reluctant to star in the hit Netflix series House of Cards. She took a brief moratorium from acting to focus on her family life. When she returned to the film industry, she was offered the lead role opposite the Se7en star. But television wasn’t the medium she was interested in until producer David Fincher convinced her otherwise.
“But David said, ‘Trust me. This is going to be revolutionary. You will have 13 hours to tell your story,...
What Robin Wright warned she’d do if she didn’t make as much as her ‘House of Cards’ co-star Robin Wright | Phillip Faraone/Getty Images
Wright was more than a little reluctant to star in the hit Netflix series House of Cards. She took a brief moratorium from acting to focus on her family life. When she returned to the film industry, she was offered the lead role opposite the Se7en star. But television wasn’t the medium she was interested in until producer David Fincher convinced her otherwise.
“But David said, ‘Trust me. This is going to be revolutionary. You will have 13 hours to tell your story,...
- 11/10/2023
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers for “Succession,” “The Last of Us” and “Ted Lasso.”
“Choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life; the false Grail will take it from you.”
This quote from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989) could also apply to selecting episode submissions for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Some choose well, others not so much.
Per Emmy rules, after the nominations are officially announced, the selections for drama series and comedy series each choose six episodes that best exhibit the very best of their nominated seasons. This contrasts with directors and writers, who make their picks before the phase one voting period.
One of the most interesting observations about this year’s submissions surrounds the fourth and final season of HBO’s “Succession.” The third episode, “Connor’s Wedding,” which many called one of the best episodes of the series (and television at...
“Choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life; the false Grail will take it from you.”
This quote from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” (1989) could also apply to selecting episode submissions for the Primetime Emmy Awards. Some choose well, others not so much.
Per Emmy rules, after the nominations are officially announced, the selections for drama series and comedy series each choose six episodes that best exhibit the very best of their nominated seasons. This contrasts with directors and writers, who make their picks before the phase one voting period.
One of the most interesting observations about this year’s submissions surrounds the fourth and final season of HBO’s “Succession.” The third episode, “Connor’s Wedding,” which many called one of the best episodes of the series (and television at...
- 8/3/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Robin Wright will direct Patricia Clarkson in a new film, “Bingo,” which shares some DNA with the cult classic “Harold and Maude,” she told Variety Friday at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where both Wright and Clarkson are guests.
The story is a “modernized, beautiful” take on May-December romance, said the actor, being honored this week at the festival. One thing “Bingo” won’t feature is the dark center that “Harold and Maude,” the 1971 Hal Ashby comedy, featured, said Wright. “Bingo” is written by Annakate Chappell, who is represented by Adam Riback at Echo Lake Entertainment.
“I love directing,” Wright said. “I love seeing what actors can do. And pulling it out of them.”
The “Princess Bride” star, who will be screening the classic offbeat fairy tale for a new generation at Karlovy Vary, also said David Fincher was a source of inspiration for her when directing. Fincher directed Wright...
The story is a “modernized, beautiful” take on May-December romance, said the actor, being honored this week at the festival. One thing “Bingo” won’t feature is the dark center that “Harold and Maude,” the 1971 Hal Ashby comedy, featured, said Wright. “Bingo” is written by Annakate Chappell, who is represented by Adam Riback at Echo Lake Entertainment.
“I love directing,” Wright said. “I love seeing what actors can do. And pulling it out of them.”
The “Princess Bride” star, who will be screening the classic offbeat fairy tale for a new generation at Karlovy Vary, also said David Fincher was a source of inspiration for her when directing. Fincher directed Wright...
- 7/7/2023
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
These days, actress Robin Wright is likely best known for her six seasons as Claire Underwood on “House of Cards.” Her character’s trajectory on Netflix’s often-rancid take on underhanded politics saw her ending up becoming the 47th President of the United States after co-star Kevin Spacey was forced to leave the show due to allegations of sexual misconduct. Wright collected six Emmy nominations as Best Drama Actresss and two for being an executive producer on the show. Wright also earned directorial stripes while calling the shots behind the camera for 10 episodes as well.
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That experience has led her to make her directorial film debut with “Land,” in which she plays Edee, a woman filled with suicidal thoughts after suffering a tragic personal loss. She decides to go off the grid while moving into a grungy cabin in amongst the scenic mountains of Wyoming.
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That experience has led her to make her directorial film debut with “Land,” in which she plays Edee, a woman filled with suicidal thoughts after suffering a tragic personal loss. She decides to go off the grid while moving into a grungy cabin in amongst the scenic mountains of Wyoming.
- 2/16/2021
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
When you have to shoot a film in 29 days, across four seasons, and with the occasional surprise blizzard at 8,000 feet, it’s easier to do it yourself. Robin Wright reached that conclusion with her directorial debut, “Land,” in which she originally had no intention to star. It turned out that the list of actresses who could carry the film, secure the financing, skin game, and make themselves available across many months dwindled to a list of one: Her.
“It was gutsy,” said producer Allyn Stewart (“Sully”). “It wasn’t playing that romantic comedy. It was a taxing, intense, character.”
Wright, of course, is familiar with intense characters after six seasons as the formidable Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” She also directed herself in 10 of those episodes. “I wasn’t looking to get some sleep, evidently,” she said. “It was so much fun to direct that show, learning while I was doing it.
“It was gutsy,” said producer Allyn Stewart (“Sully”). “It wasn’t playing that romantic comedy. It was a taxing, intense, character.”
Wright, of course, is familiar with intense characters after six seasons as the formidable Claire Underwood in “House of Cards.” She also directed herself in 10 of those episodes. “I wasn’t looking to get some sleep, evidently,” she said. “It was so much fun to direct that show, learning while I was doing it.
- 1/29/2021
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Robin Wright honed her directing skills on Netflix’s “House of Cards,” where she helmed 10 episodes over four years while also appearing in the streaming series as Claire Underwood. With those 10 television episodes under her belt and also her 2017 short film “The Dark of Knight,” Wright now graduates to feature filmmaker with the upcoming survival drama “Land.” Backed by Focus Features, “Land” is heading for a world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival next month, and Wright is again doing double duty, starring in the film opposite “A Better Life” Oscar nominee Demián Bichir and Kim Dickens.
The official synopsis for “Land” from Focus Features reads as follows: “From acclaimed actress Robin Wright comes her directorial debut ‘Land,’ the poignant story of one woman’s search for meaning in the vast and harsh American wilderness. Edee (Wright), facing unbearable demons, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she...
The official synopsis for “Land” from Focus Features reads as follows: “From acclaimed actress Robin Wright comes her directorial debut ‘Land,’ the poignant story of one woman’s search for meaning in the vast and harsh American wilderness. Edee (Wright), facing unbearable demons, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she...
- 12/21/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Get ready for a look at the lives of the women behind the men – the men that live in the White House. A new docu-series is coming to CNN which will give viewers a peek into the lives of several of the past First Ladies of the United States. Robin Wright, who played fictional First Lady Claire Underwood in House of Cards, will host this series, which will arrive next month. Michelle Obama, Jackie Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lady Bird Johnson, and Hillary Rodham Clinton are the focus of the profiles for this new TV show.
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- 9/10/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“Land,” the feature directorial debut from actress and producer Robin Wright, has secured Focus Features as a domestic distributor and rounded out its cast.
Shooting is underway in Alberta, Canada, where Variety previously reported the production will capture all four seasons in exteriors. Big Beach is financing and producing with Flashlight Films. Wright will star in the lead role, as a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after an unspeakable loss. Demián Bichir will co-star alongside Wright, with “Gone Girl” and Wright’s former “House of Cards” co-star Kim Dickens in a supporting role.
“Robin has consistently laid bare the strength, soul and vulnerabilities of so many iconic characters over the years as an actress, and we can’t wait for audiences to experience when she draws on that deep well of empathy behind the camera as well,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski tells Variety.
Universal Pictures International will...
Shooting is underway in Alberta, Canada, where Variety previously reported the production will capture all four seasons in exteriors. Big Beach is financing and producing with Flashlight Films. Wright will star in the lead role, as a cosmopolitan lawyer who retreats to the wilderness after an unspeakable loss. Demián Bichir will co-star alongside Wright, with “Gone Girl” and Wright’s former “House of Cards” co-star Kim Dickens in a supporting role.
“Robin has consistently laid bare the strength, soul and vulnerabilities of so many iconic characters over the years as an actress, and we can’t wait for audiences to experience when she draws on that deep well of empathy behind the camera as well,” Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski tells Variety.
Universal Pictures International will...
- 10/18/2019
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The Emmys are loving Killing Eve: Star Jodie Comer took home the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at Sunday’s ceremony for her role on the BBC America thriller.
In addition to besting Killing Eve co-star Sandra Oh, Comer found herself up against Emilia Clarke (as Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen), Viola Davis (as How to Get Away With Murder’s Annalise Keating), Laura Linney (as Ozark’s Wendy Byrde), Mandy Moore (as This Is Us’ Rebecca Pearson) and Robin Wright (as House of Cards’ Claire Underwood).
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In addition to besting Killing Eve co-star Sandra Oh, Comer found herself up against Emilia Clarke (as Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen), Viola Davis (as How to Get Away With Murder’s Annalise Keating), Laura Linney (as Ozark’s Wendy Byrde), Mandy Moore (as This Is Us’ Rebecca Pearson) and Robin Wright (as House of Cards’ Claire Underwood).
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- 9/23/2019
- TVLine.com
It was a bumpy ride, but “House of Cards” streamed its final season in November 2018. Despite the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding the firing of disgraced star Kevin Spacey, Netflix’s political drama managed three Emmy nominations for its farewell, including Best Drama Actress for Robin Wright. This is her sixth bid in this category for playing Claire Underwood, a calculating politician who manipulates her way into the presidency. She also competed in Best Drama Series as a producer on the show in 2016 and 2017.
For her Emmy submission, Wright has chosen the season’s fifth episode, “Chapter 70.” In this installment, Claire must tamp down rampant speculation that she’s unfit for office after disappearing from the public eye for three weeks. She stops her cabinet from invoking the 25th Amendment, fires them and replaces them with an all-female team.
See Hey Emmy voters, it’s your last chance to reward these 8 perennial...
For her Emmy submission, Wright has chosen the season’s fifth episode, “Chapter 70.” In this installment, Claire must tamp down rampant speculation that she’s unfit for office after disappearing from the public eye for three weeks. She stops her cabinet from invoking the 25th Amendment, fires them and replaces them with an all-female team.
See Hey Emmy voters, it’s your last chance to reward these 8 perennial...
- 9/19/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Michael Kelly is on his fourth Emmy nomination for playing Doug Stamper, the former chief of staff for President Frank Underwood on “House of Cards.” He contends for Best Drama Supporting Actor for the sixth and final season of the flagship original series from Netflix. But the show almost didn’t get a proper sendoff at all after the Kevin Spacey scandal threatened to halt production. With the lead actor fired, Frank was killed off the show, and in this final season Doug tried to take down the new president, Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). Kelly has submitted the series finale, “Chapter 73,” to Emmy voters for consideration.
The episode opens with Doug staring up at the camera asking what Frank would do. Later he addresses the press at the White House, angrily saying that Frank thought Claire was unfit to be president. Then Doug sits with a reporter, revealing the contents of Frank’s audio diary,...
The episode opens with Doug staring up at the camera asking what Frank would do. Later he addresses the press at the White House, angrily saying that Frank thought Claire was unfit to be president. Then Doug sits with a reporter, revealing the contents of Frank’s audio diary,...
- 9/17/2019
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
Due to the quirks of the Emmy race, this category’s line-up is almost entirely different from last year’s. In what may be a first for a major acting category like this, only one 2018 nominee is back for the 2019 go-round. Some of this year’s crop have, however, been nominees in this category before; they simply skipped 2018. On that list we have a previous five-time nominee whose show was ineligible last year, now returning for its final season; a previous winner in her first season, who’s now looking to get back to victory with three more seasons under her belt, and a past three-time supporting category nominee enjoying her first lead nod for the same role this year.
Emilia Clarke
Game of Thrones
HBO
Can Daenerys finally rise to the Emmys throne? After three supporting nominations earlier in the iconic series’ run, Emilia Clarke has graduated to the...
Emilia Clarke
Game of Thrones
HBO
Can Daenerys finally rise to the Emmys throne? After three supporting nominations earlier in the iconic series’ run, Emilia Clarke has graduated to the...
- 9/6/2019
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
“It changed my life in so many ways” says Michael Kelly about playing Doug Stamper for the entire run of Netflix’s flagship series “House of Cards.” Watch our exclusive video interview where he adds “about one month into filming Season 1 my son was born. I have a real reference to my life over that span.”
The sixth season closed out the history making series that has picked up an impressive 46 Emmy nominations (winning 7). However the series almost didn’t get a final act. Right when filming was about to commence, sexual assault allegations against the show’s leading man Kevin Spacey threatened an abrupt end to the drama. Production was ultimately resumed after that actor was fired.
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Kelly reveals that returning to the set “was difficult in many ways for me to wrap my head around. I was...
The sixth season closed out the history making series that has picked up an impressive 46 Emmy nominations (winning 7). However the series almost didn’t get a final act. Right when filming was about to commence, sexual assault allegations against the show’s leading man Kevin Spacey threatened an abrupt end to the drama. Production was ultimately resumed after that actor was fired.
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Kelly reveals that returning to the set “was difficult in many ways for me to wrap my head around. I was...
- 4/17/2019
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
It's 2019, and female rage is all the rage.
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
- 1/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It's 2019, and female rage is all the rage.
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her and Rebecca Traister's Good and Mad, both best-sellers published last fall, brought female fury into the mainstream, while in Hollywood, female characters are angry as hell. "I'm mad. It's burned a circuit in my brain," Nicole Kidman's character Erin Bell, looking like Clint Eastwood channeling Clytemnestra, says to her daughter in Destroyer. For six seasons of House of Cards, Robin Wright elevated Claire Underwood's repressed anger to an art form, in which her rage peeks out like a silk slip made ...
- 1/25/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Three days after Kevin Spacey’s lawyers moved to have him excused from appearing in court to face allegations of groping a teenage busboy, the judge in the case has made a ruling: Show up.
That’s the decision made today by Nantucket District Court Judge Thomas Barrett, meaning that the disgraced actor will be present for his January 7 arraignment on the felony sexual assault charge. Prosecutors had opposed the motion, citing Massachusetts state rules of procedure for criminal cases.
Court documents show that Spacey’s attorney, Juliane Balliro, had argued that her client’s his presence in court would “heighten prejudicial media interest in the case” and increase the risk of contaminating the jury pool. The judge disagreed.
Spacey, who was fired as star of Netflix’s House of Cards in November 2017 amid multiple allegations, stands accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016. It was...
That’s the decision made today by Nantucket District Court Judge Thomas Barrett, meaning that the disgraced actor will be present for his January 7 arraignment on the felony sexual assault charge. Prosecutors had opposed the motion, citing Massachusetts state rules of procedure for criminal cases.
Court documents show that Spacey’s attorney, Juliane Balliro, had argued that her client’s his presence in court would “heighten prejudicial media interest in the case” and increase the risk of contaminating the jury pool. The judge disagreed.
Spacey, who was fired as star of Netflix’s House of Cards in November 2017 amid multiple allegations, stands accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016. It was...
- 12/31/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Time is running out for SAG Awards voters to honor Robin Wright with a trophy for her work on Netflix’s “House of Cards.” Wright just earned her fifth consecutive SAG nomination for playing Claire Underwood, who succeeded her husband Frank (Kevin Spacey) as President of the United States in the final season of the political drama. With the past two double winners out of contention, could Wright finally be voted up to the podium?
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The sixth and final season streamed November 2 on Netflix, just in time for the Screen Actors Guild Award nominating committee to stream it before marking their ballots. Wright’s visibility was higher than ever this year as she was asked to finish the story of the power-hungry Underwoods after Spacey was fired due to allegations of sexual misconduct. The show’s writing staff...
SEE2019 SAG Awards nominations: Full list of Screen Actors Guild Awards nominees
The sixth and final season streamed November 2 on Netflix, just in time for the Screen Actors Guild Award nominating committee to stream it before marking their ballots. Wright’s visibility was higher than ever this year as she was asked to finish the story of the power-hungry Underwoods after Spacey was fired due to allegations of sexual misconduct. The show’s writing staff...
- 12/13/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Netflix has ordered its first African original series, “Queen Sono,” a drama about a secret agent who fights crime while dealing with crises in her personal life. The series will launch globally in 2019.
“Queen Sono” stars veteran South African actress Pearl Thusi, who tweeted in an emotional video Monday that she “cannot wait for…every woman on this continent, and actually on this planet, to meet Queen Sono.” Of the deal with Netflix, she added: “It’s going to change the game for every artist on this continent.”
The announcement of the show comes barely a week after Erik Barmack, Netflix’s vice president of international originals, told a gathering in London that the company would begin commissioning original series in Africa starting in 2019.
Speaking about “Queen Sono” with South Africa’s Independent Online, Barmack said: “Taking talent like this and telling stories to the rest of the world puts...
“Queen Sono” stars veteran South African actress Pearl Thusi, who tweeted in an emotional video Monday that she “cannot wait for…every woman on this continent, and actually on this planet, to meet Queen Sono.” Of the deal with Netflix, she added: “It’s going to change the game for every artist on this continent.”
The announcement of the show comes barely a week after Erik Barmack, Netflix’s vice president of international originals, told a gathering in London that the company would begin commissioning original series in Africa starting in 2019.
Speaking about “Queen Sono” with South Africa’s Independent Online, Barmack said: “Taking talent like this and telling stories to the rest of the world puts...
- 12/10/2018
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
More often than any other award show, the Golden Globes offer an extra helping of snubs and surprises. Whether it’s the hot new show getting shut out of the race or an out-of-nowhere entry storming the nominations list, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association makes picks that are utterly unpredictable. This year is no different, so let’s dig into all the shocking TV twists in Thursday’s list of nominees.
Snubs
“Atlanta”: Though Donald Glover snagged a nod for acting, the 2017 winner for Best Comedy was denied a return trip to the Globes for its (phenomenal) second season, which bore the unique title “Robbin’ Season.”
“Maniac”: Not even the famous faces of Jonah Hill and Emma Stone could get Netflix’s ambitious new series on the board, as the Golden Globes completely snubbed Cary Fukunaga’s latest TV experiment.
“This Is Us”: Not even last year’s winner,...
Snubs
“Atlanta”: Though Donald Glover snagged a nod for acting, the 2017 winner for Best Comedy was denied a return trip to the Globes for its (phenomenal) second season, which bore the unique title “Robbin’ Season.”
“Maniac”: Not even the famous faces of Jonah Hill and Emma Stone could get Netflix’s ambitious new series on the board, as the Golden Globes completely snubbed Cary Fukunaga’s latest TV experiment.
“This Is Us”: Not even last year’s winner,...
- 12/6/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Before the tryptophan from the turkey kicks in, check out TheWrap’s list of shows you can binge in four days over your Thanksgiving weekend. Don’t worry, we have dramas, comedies, action series, sci-fi shows on every platform from Netflix to HBO Go.
“Bodyguard” – The first six episodes of this UK import crossed the pond earlier this month, and you can definitely get through them all quickly. Though we do recommend a few breaks.
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” – Season 1 of Netflix’s TV adaptation of the Archie Comics character is the show you want if you are looking for a few witchy tricks after all your Thanksgiving treats.
Show: “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Net: Amazon Prime Video – You can binge through the first season of this Emmy winner while you await the second season drop on Dec. 5.
Show: “House of Cards” Sixth and Final Season Net: Netflix – This is your last hooray with Claire Underwood,...
“Bodyguard” – The first six episodes of this UK import crossed the pond earlier this month, and you can definitely get through them all quickly. Though we do recommend a few breaks.
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” – Season 1 of Netflix’s TV adaptation of the Archie Comics character is the show you want if you are looking for a few witchy tricks after all your Thanksgiving treats.
Show: “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” Net: Amazon Prime Video – You can binge through the first season of this Emmy winner while you await the second season drop on Dec. 5.
Show: “House of Cards” Sixth and Final Season Net: Netflix – This is your last hooray with Claire Underwood,...
- 11/21/2018
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
The sixth and final season of “House of Cards” streamed November 2 on Netflix, with Robin Wright finishing the story of the power-hungry Underwoods after Kevin Spacey was fired due to allegations of sexual misconduct. The show’s writers had to retool the final eight episodes after Spacey’s exit to explain the absence of Frank Underwood and focus more on Claire Underwood, who became President in the previous season’s finale. Will Wright’s increased screen time and impact help her receive a goodbye hug at the Golden Globes for Best TV Drama Actress?
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Don’t forget, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association was the first organization to reward Wright for “House of Cards,” for the first season back in 2013. She beat the odds that year and came out on top against co-nominees Julianna Margulies...
SEEWhich new dramas will Golden Globes embrace this year? ‘Killing Eve,’ ‘Homecoming,’ ‘Pose’ top our predictions
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- 11/19/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Netflix drew fewer viewers for the final run of “House of Cards,” but the audience was more female for the Robin Wright-led sixth season.
According to Nielsen’s Subscription Video On Demand (Svod) Content Ratings, which measures streaming viewership, the audience makeup for the final season of “House of Cards” skewed 54 percent female, after the last season that starred Kevin Spacey was made up of 56 percent men.
But overall, viewership for the first seven days since the show’s Season 6 premiere on Nov. 2 was down compared to season five. “House of Cards” truncated eight-episode season drew an average minute audience of 1.5 million, down 21 percent from the 1.9 million that season 5 averaged for its 13 episodes within the same time frame.
Also Read: Here's How 'House of Cards' Wrote Out Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood
Netflix doesn’t publicly release viewership figures for its shows, but Nielsen last year partnered with...
According to Nielsen’s Subscription Video On Demand (Svod) Content Ratings, which measures streaming viewership, the audience makeup for the final season of “House of Cards” skewed 54 percent female, after the last season that starred Kevin Spacey was made up of 56 percent men.
But overall, viewership for the first seven days since the show’s Season 6 premiere on Nov. 2 was down compared to season five. “House of Cards” truncated eight-episode season drew an average minute audience of 1.5 million, down 21 percent from the 1.9 million that season 5 averaged for its 13 episodes within the same time frame.
Also Read: Here's How 'House of Cards' Wrote Out Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood
Netflix doesn’t publicly release viewership figures for its shows, but Nielsen last year partnered with...
- 11/19/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “House of Cards” Season 8, in particular the last episode.]
The final season of “House of Cards” has been available to stream on Netflix for less than week, but numerous fans have already devoured the last eight episodes and are now divided over where the series leaves Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) and Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly). The show’s final moments depict two major shockers: Doug is revealed to be Frank’s murderer and Claire ends up murdering Doug. The final shot of the series is Claire holding Doug’s dead body.
Speaking to Vulture, Kelly revealed he only found out himself that Doug killed Frank when he was filming the penultimate episode. Doug decides to kill Frank after he discovers Frank intends to kill Claire. Doug’s main motivation throughout the series was to protect and uphold Frank’s political legacy, which is the reason he took matters into his...
The final season of “House of Cards” has been available to stream on Netflix for less than week, but numerous fans have already devoured the last eight episodes and are now divided over where the series leaves Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) and Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly). The show’s final moments depict two major shockers: Doug is revealed to be Frank’s murderer and Claire ends up murdering Doug. The final shot of the series is Claire holding Doug’s dead body.
Speaking to Vulture, Kelly revealed he only found out himself that Doug killed Frank when he was filming the penultimate episode. Doug decides to kill Frank after he discovers Frank intends to kill Claire. Doug’s main motivation throughout the series was to protect and uphold Frank’s political legacy, which is the reason he took matters into his...
- 11/6/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
It's done. House of Cards is over and…the house the Underwoods built still stands. The Emmy-winning Netflix drama that helped launch the streaming platform's originals slate dropped its sixth and final season on Friday, Nov. 2, after nearly collapsing in on itself after cutting ties with Kevin Spacey following sexual misconduct allegations. Writers had to scrap the final season and start fresh, writing out Spacey's Frank Underwood and refocusing on Robin Wright's Claire Underwood. Yet Frank Underwood was still very much part of the series, a constant problem for all involved. Over the (confusing) eight episodes, the writers pitted Claire Underwood against Michael Kelly's Doug Stamper, two of...
- 11/6/2018
- E! Online
After it was announced that season six of House of Cards wouldn't include Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood (due to the actor's sexual misconduct allegations), the internet exploded in guesses about how the show would keep everything together. Thankfully, Robin Wright's Claire Underwood has been seemingly training for the past several seasons to take over for her onscreen husband. The writers of the sixth and final season had a steep task ahead of them: resolve lingering issues and continue the political intrigue that has served the show well for so many years. To find out how each of your favorite characters fares this season, as well as the status of some new ones, keep reading.
- 11/5/2018
- by Laurel Niedospial
- Popsugar.com
[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for “House of Cards” Season 8, in particular the last episode.]
“House of Cards” has finally come to an end, but fans aren’t exactly thrilled with how the series concluded. In the series finale, Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) revealed he was the one who murdered Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) in an attempt to protect his legacy. Stamper had previously discovered Frank was going to kill Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). The final moments of the series depict Claire murdering Doug, and the series ends with Claire holding Doug’s dead body.
The series finale baffled audiences and critics, with IndieWire television critic Ben Travers slamming the ending as “ludicrous,” but executive producers Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson stand by their choices in a new interview with Entertaiment Weekly. Gibson said the final image of Claire holding Doug’s body allowed the series to come full circle.
“It was a little bit...
“House of Cards” has finally come to an end, but fans aren’t exactly thrilled with how the series concluded. In the series finale, Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) revealed he was the one who murdered Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey) in an attempt to protect his legacy. Stamper had previously discovered Frank was going to kill Claire Underwood (Robin Wright). The final moments of the series depict Claire murdering Doug, and the series ends with Claire holding Doug’s dead body.
The series finale baffled audiences and critics, with IndieWire television critic Ben Travers slamming the ending as “ludicrous,” but executive producers Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson stand by their choices in a new interview with Entertaiment Weekly. Gibson said the final image of Claire holding Doug’s body allowed the series to come full circle.
“It was a little bit...
- 11/5/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear sure made life difficult for Robin Wright's Claire Underwood in the final season of House of Cards. "Somebody's got to take her down," Lane said. The two Oscar nominees joined the final season as wealthy siblings, Annette and Bill Shepherd, who use their money to influence the politics of Washington. For the part, Lane said she had to binge early. You see, House of Cards was one of the shows she had "horded off to the side" while "planning my retirement binging or something," she told E! News' Carissa Culiner. "When I got the call," Lane said, "I was like, 'Oh my god, I've got to watch this show!'" And despite what...
- 11/3/2018
- E! Online
Don Kaye Nov 2, 2018
House of Cards' showrunners tell us how they dealt with the exit of Kevin Spacey, the end of the show and more.
When House of Cards ended its fifth season with now-President Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) looking into the camera and saying, “My turn,” neither Wright, the rest of the cast and crew, nor showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese could have known how prophetic those words would be.
But when lead actor Kevin Spacey was dismissed from the show after allegations of sexual misconduct were leveled against him, it necessitated that Francis Underwood -- who served as president before resigning under a cloud of investigations and corruption, allowing his wife and vice president Claire to take the seat -- be written out of the show.
Season six was originally going to be about the battle between Francis and Claire for control of the presidency and the White House,...
House of Cards' showrunners tell us how they dealt with the exit of Kevin Spacey, the end of the show and more.
When House of Cards ended its fifth season with now-President Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) looking into the camera and saying, “My turn,” neither Wright, the rest of the cast and crew, nor showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese could have known how prophetic those words would be.
But when lead actor Kevin Spacey was dismissed from the show after allegations of sexual misconduct were leveled against him, it necessitated that Francis Underwood -- who served as president before resigning under a cloud of investigations and corruption, allowing his wife and vice president Claire to take the seat -- be written out of the show.
Season six was originally going to be about the battle between Francis and Claire for control of the presidency and the White House,...
- 11/2/2018
- Den of Geek
The following story contains major spoilers about the series finale of House of Cards — proceed at your own peril
House of Cards ended its six-season run much the way it began: with a mercy killing. In the final moments of the Netflix drama’s series finale, Robin Wright’s steely (and very pregnant) Potus Claire Underwood stabbed and then suffocated longtime arch nemesis Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) to death, capping an Oval Office showdown that was as climactic as it was inevitable. The scene served as a fitting bookend to the series’ 2013 premiere, which opened with Frank (Kevin Spacey) “euthanizing...
House of Cards ended its six-season run much the way it began: with a mercy killing. In the final moments of the Netflix drama’s series finale, Robin Wright’s steely (and very pregnant) Potus Claire Underwood stabbed and then suffocated longtime arch nemesis Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) to death, capping an Oval Office showdown that was as climactic as it was inevitable. The scene served as a fitting bookend to the series’ 2013 premiere, which opened with Frank (Kevin Spacey) “euthanizing...
- 11/2/2018
- TVLine.com
Andrew Husband Nov 9, 2018
We examine the last episode ever of House of Cards and what it means for the future of any possible spinoffs.
This article contains major House of Cards spoilers.
Despite the fact that Netflix cut ties with Kevin Spacey following the sexual assault allegations levied against him, his House of Cards character Frank Underwood remains a significant part of the show’s sixth and final season. He dies off-screen before the first bit of new footage pops up, of course, but his name is spoken aloud several times by the players who remain.
President Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) was supposedly the last person to see him alive, while his right-hand-man Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) constantly suggests via his covert words and actions that he believes otherwise. As the final episode of House of Cards makes its way toward whatever conclusion showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese...
We examine the last episode ever of House of Cards and what it means for the future of any possible spinoffs.
This article contains major House of Cards spoilers.
Despite the fact that Netflix cut ties with Kevin Spacey following the sexual assault allegations levied against him, his House of Cards character Frank Underwood remains a significant part of the show’s sixth and final season. He dies off-screen before the first bit of new footage pops up, of course, but his name is spoken aloud several times by the players who remain.
President Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) was supposedly the last person to see him alive, while his right-hand-man Doug Stamper (Michael Kelly) constantly suggests via his covert words and actions that he believes otherwise. As the final episode of House of Cards makes its way toward whatever conclusion showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese...
- 11/2/2018
- Den of Geek
Welcome to “Remote Controlled,” a podcast from Variety featuring the best and brightest in television, both in front of and behind the camera.
In this week’s episode, Variety‘s chief TV critic, Daniel D’Addario, speaks with actor Michael Kelly of “House of Cards,” and senior TV reporter Daniel Holloway speaks with Kelly’s new co-star, Greg Kinnear.
Listen to this week’s podcast for free below and at Apple Podcasts:
Kelly returns as Doug Stamper in the sixth and final season of “Cards,” which arrived Nov. 2 on Netflix. He spent most of the show’s first five seasons playing against former series lead Kevin Spacey, who was written out of the show following real-life allegations of sexual misconduct.
“One of the greatest themes that I got to play this season was loss,” Kelly said. “Everything that he knew — his entire professional career — is just gone.” Kelly went into...
In this week’s episode, Variety‘s chief TV critic, Daniel D’Addario, speaks with actor Michael Kelly of “House of Cards,” and senior TV reporter Daniel Holloway speaks with Kelly’s new co-star, Greg Kinnear.
Listen to this week’s podcast for free below and at Apple Podcasts:
Kelly returns as Doug Stamper in the sixth and final season of “Cards,” which arrived Nov. 2 on Netflix. He spent most of the show’s first five seasons playing against former series lead Kevin Spacey, who was written out of the show following real-life allegations of sexual misconduct.
“One of the greatest themes that I got to play this season was loss,” Kelly said. “Everything that he knew — his entire professional career — is just gone.” Kelly went into...
- 11/2/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Claire Underwood assumes ownership of a House of Cards trademark in the final season.
The new president Underwood — and the first female Potus in the world of the Netflix political thriller — is trying her hand at many tasks when she enters the Oval Office in the sixth season (all eight episodes arrive Friday). And one of those challenges will be refining her relationship with the audience.
The last five seasons of House of Cards set up a thorny marriage between viewers and former starring character Frank Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey). Utilizing the staple storytelling device of the Beau Willimon-created ...
The new president Underwood — and the first female Potus in the world of the Netflix political thriller — is trying her hand at many tasks when she enters the Oval Office in the sixth season (all eight episodes arrive Friday). And one of those challenges will be refining her relationship with the audience.
The last five seasons of House of Cards set up a thorny marriage between viewers and former starring character Frank Underwood (played by Kevin Spacey). Utilizing the staple storytelling device of the Beau Willimon-created ...
- 11/2/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
(Spoilers ahead for the final season of Netflix’s “House of Cards”)
“House of Cards'” final season is here and now we know how the show wrote out Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood.
The short story is: He’s dead, which we’ve known for a while without knowing any other meaningful details. When the season begins, its mentioned that he died in his sleep and we see photos of Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood, now president, looking at her dead husband’s casket. But here’s what happened, as far as we know:
After Claire declined Frank’s phone call in the Oval Office, she mentions to the camera it was the last time they spoke. Two months later, Frank storms into the White House, furious at Claire for not giving him the pardon she promises she would. Scared, Claire locked herself in her room and found Frank...
“House of Cards'” final season is here and now we know how the show wrote out Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood.
The short story is: He’s dead, which we’ve known for a while without knowing any other meaningful details. When the season begins, its mentioned that he died in his sleep and we see photos of Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood, now president, looking at her dead husband’s casket. But here’s what happened, as far as we know:
After Claire declined Frank’s phone call in the Oval Office, she mentions to the camera it was the last time they spoke. Two months later, Frank storms into the White House, furious at Claire for not giving him the pardon she promises she would. Scared, Claire locked herself in her room and found Frank...
- 11/2/2018
- by Tim Baysinger and Phil Owen
- The Wrap
Frank Underwood may be dead and buried, but his spectral presence lives on. In fact, the ghost of Kevin Spacey’s ex-potus is, in many ways, the real star of “Chapter 66,” the opening installment of House of Cards‘ sixth and final season (all eight episodes dropped overnight on Netflix).
The opener picks up several months after Frank’s mysterious death and finds Claire Underwood’s nascent presidency — not to mention her very existence — under siege. The immediate crisis: Claire refuses to cancel a scheduled appearance at a nearby military base despite receiving an anonymous — yet seemingly credible — death threat. “The...
The opener picks up several months after Frank’s mysterious death and finds Claire Underwood’s nascent presidency — not to mention her very existence — under siege. The immediate crisis: Claire refuses to cancel a scheduled appearance at a nearby military base despite receiving an anonymous — yet seemingly credible — death threat. “The...
- 11/2/2018
- TVLine.com
It can be hard to recall that when “House of Cards” launched on Netflix, it was one of a kind.
After all, the sixth and final season of the political drama is to arrive Nov. 2, along with this week’s flood of streaming content, including the Julia Roberts noir “Homecoming” and a new episode of Matthew Weiner’s “The Romanoffs” on Amazon.
Crowded Fridays are more common than not in an era during which Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon are increasing the temperature in an overheated marketplace, while linear players like HBO, Showtime, and FX scramble to keep up and future streamers like Apple and Disney are waiting in the wings. Netflix, unbound by concerns like prime-time real-estate, sets TV’s agenda by producing enough original content to keep any potential subscriber sated. Every other player simply seeks to keep up as best they can.
While “House of Cards” wasn’t...
After all, the sixth and final season of the political drama is to arrive Nov. 2, along with this week’s flood of streaming content, including the Julia Roberts noir “Homecoming” and a new episode of Matthew Weiner’s “The Romanoffs” on Amazon.
Crowded Fridays are more common than not in an era during which Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon are increasing the temperature in an overheated marketplace, while linear players like HBO, Showtime, and FX scramble to keep up and future streamers like Apple and Disney are waiting in the wings. Netflix, unbound by concerns like prime-time real-estate, sets TV’s agenda by producing enough original content to keep any potential subscriber sated. Every other player simply seeks to keep up as best they can.
While “House of Cards” wasn’t...
- 11/1/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Claire Underwood is a ruthless, manipulative and sometimes murderous politician. And for the final season of “House of Cards,” she is the president of the United States.
When the Netflix series premiered in 2013, the storylines seemed purely fictional. But as the country’s real-life political landscape become more divisive and downright nasty during the 2016 presidential campaign and Donald Trump’s eventual election, the dark storylines on “House of Cards” didn’t seem so far-fetched after all.
While catching up with Robin Wright and her “House of Cards” co-stars at the Season 6 premiere in Los Angeles, Variety posed a conundrum — who would they vote for if Claire was running against The Donald?
“Hands down, Claire Underwood,” Wright said.
Constance Zimmer said the fictional politician would have her vote because “I just think she’s more honest she’s more real.”
Yeah, but haven’t the Underwoods been known to have people killed?...
When the Netflix series premiered in 2013, the storylines seemed purely fictional. But as the country’s real-life political landscape become more divisive and downright nasty during the 2016 presidential campaign and Donald Trump’s eventual election, the dark storylines on “House of Cards” didn’t seem so far-fetched after all.
While catching up with Robin Wright and her “House of Cards” co-stars at the Season 6 premiere in Los Angeles, Variety posed a conundrum — who would they vote for if Claire was running against The Donald?
“Hands down, Claire Underwood,” Wright said.
Constance Zimmer said the fictional politician would have her vote because “I just think she’s more honest she’s more real.”
Yeah, but haven’t the Underwoods been known to have people killed?...
- 11/1/2018
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
With friends like her, who needs enemies?
On the final season of “House of Cards,” Claire Underwood’s (Robin Wright) ascent to power brings an old friend back into her life — but Annette Shepherd, as embodied by new cast member Diane Lane, knows all of Claire’s secrets. Along with her brother Bill (Greg Kinnear), she’s not afraid to tap into them to get what she wants out of the new woman in charge.
Here, as part of Variety‘s “House of Cards” cover story, Lane talks about joining the cast of “Cards” for its final arc, how she thinks fans will respond, and how the showrunners managed to stay ahead of what’s really happening in Washington.
How did the role come to you?
I got a phone call. I was kind of thunderstruck. I remember I flashed on the White House Correspondents Dinner that I had attended...
On the final season of “House of Cards,” Claire Underwood’s (Robin Wright) ascent to power brings an old friend back into her life — but Annette Shepherd, as embodied by new cast member Diane Lane, knows all of Claire’s secrets. Along with her brother Bill (Greg Kinnear), she’s not afraid to tap into them to get what she wants out of the new woman in charge.
Here, as part of Variety‘s “House of Cards” cover story, Lane talks about joining the cast of “Cards” for its final arc, how she thinks fans will respond, and how the showrunners managed to stay ahead of what’s really happening in Washington.
How did the role come to you?
I got a phone call. I was kind of thunderstruck. I remember I flashed on the White House Correspondents Dinner that I had attended...
- 11/1/2018
- by Debra Birnbaum
- Variety Film + TV
When Kevin Spacey was fired from “House of Cards” amid allegations of sexual misconduct, the show was already in production on a long-planned final season.
But after a hiatus — and a lobbying effort by series star Robin Wright — the show resumed without its leading man. It fell to co-showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese to quickly craft a new ending that would resolve all of the onscreen machinations of Frank Underwood (Spacey) and his wife, Claire (Wright), who’d taken over the presidency in the final moments of Season 5.
Here, the showrunners tell Variety how they reacted to the news about Spacey, how much the finale reflects our current national obsession with politics, and what to expect of the drama’s final twists.
Knowing this was going to be the series finale, what did you want to accomplish?
Gibson: We wanted to end it with integrity. We wanted to...
But after a hiatus — and a lobbying effort by series star Robin Wright — the show resumed without its leading man. It fell to co-showrunners Melissa James Gibson and Frank Pugliese to quickly craft a new ending that would resolve all of the onscreen machinations of Frank Underwood (Spacey) and his wife, Claire (Wright), who’d taken over the presidency in the final moments of Season 5.
Here, the showrunners tell Variety how they reacted to the news about Spacey, how much the finale reflects our current national obsession with politics, and what to expect of the drama’s final twists.
Knowing this was going to be the series finale, what did you want to accomplish?
Gibson: We wanted to end it with integrity. We wanted to...
- 10/31/2018
- by Debra Birnbaum
- Variety Film + TV
Christmas is coming early to Netflix, with the streaming platform adding a host of new holiday movies to its November lineup.
Kicking off the month is “Angela’s Christmas” — an animated feature about a young Irish girl — followed by another heartwarming holiday tale, “The Holiday Calendar,” about a young photographer who discovers a magical advent calendar that can predict the future. Later on, Netflix is releasing the much anticipated follow-up to “A Christmas Prince,” revisiting the characters of Prince Richard (Ben Lamb) and Amber (Rose McIver), as she begins to question her upcoming wedding and the ascension to royalty that comes with it.
Viewers who aren’t in the mood for Christmas cheer will also be able to watch the final season of “House of Cards” on Nov. 2 — this time sans Kevin Spacey and with Claire Underwood serving as president. A number of popular films are also coming to the streaming platform,...
Kicking off the month is “Angela’s Christmas” — an animated feature about a young Irish girl — followed by another heartwarming holiday tale, “The Holiday Calendar,” about a young photographer who discovers a magical advent calendar that can predict the future. Later on, Netflix is releasing the much anticipated follow-up to “A Christmas Prince,” revisiting the characters of Prince Richard (Ben Lamb) and Amber (Rose McIver), as she begins to question her upcoming wedding and the ascension to royalty that comes with it.
Viewers who aren’t in the mood for Christmas cheer will also be able to watch the final season of “House of Cards” on Nov. 2 — this time sans Kevin Spacey and with Claire Underwood serving as president. A number of popular films are also coming to the streaming platform,...
- 10/30/2018
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
In the United States, Election Day is approaching on November 6 (definitely do go out and vote). However, before then, viewers are getting a brand new Potus, albeit on the small screen. On November 2, the sixth and final season of “House of Cards” hits Netflix, and viewers are being introduced to their newest President of the United States — Claire Underwood, played by Robin Wright.
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- 10/30/2018
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
“My turn.”
Those two words — which closed the Season 5 finale of “House of Cards” — could not have been more prophetic.
When the Netflix political potboiler returns for its sixth and final season on Nov. 2, Robin Wright’s first-lady-turned-commander-in-chief Claire Underwood will be in the seat of power. The character was always slated to move into the Oval Office, but with the hasty exit of star Kevin Spacey amid sexual harassment allegations, the transition was cemented.
Production was already under way when BuzzFeed published an interview on Oct. 29, 2017, with Anthony Rapp, detailing sexual abuse at the hands of Spacey when Rapp was just 14. The #MeToo firestorm, which had sparked a few weeks earlier with accusations against Harvey Weinstein, soon engulfed Spacey, as multiple allegations of similar behavior came to light. Netflix and Mrc, the studio that produces “House of Cards,” quickly shut down production; on Nov. 3, the actor was fired.
The...
Those two words — which closed the Season 5 finale of “House of Cards” — could not have been more prophetic.
When the Netflix political potboiler returns for its sixth and final season on Nov. 2, Robin Wright’s first-lady-turned-commander-in-chief Claire Underwood will be in the seat of power. The character was always slated to move into the Oval Office, but with the hasty exit of star Kevin Spacey amid sexual harassment allegations, the transition was cemented.
Production was already under way when BuzzFeed published an interview on Oct. 29, 2017, with Anthony Rapp, detailing sexual abuse at the hands of Spacey when Rapp was just 14. The #MeToo firestorm, which had sparked a few weeks earlier with accusations against Harvey Weinstein, soon engulfed Spacey, as multiple allegations of similar behavior came to light. Netflix and Mrc, the studio that produces “House of Cards,” quickly shut down production; on Nov. 3, the actor was fired.
The...
- 10/30/2018
- by Debra Birnbaum
- Variety Film + TV
What do you do, when the star of your TV show is fired and nearly brings the whole series down with him? For the cast and crew of the Netflix political drama “House of Cards,” the answer is simple: Be thankful you made Robin Wright the president.
The actions taken by Netflix and Mrc in the fall of 2017, following the exposure of Kevin Spacey’s alleged sexual misconduct just as production was beginning on the final season of “House of Cards,” have been thoroughly documented. But while showrunners Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson had the benefit of installing Wright’s Claire Underwood as the new president to end Season 5, setting up a final season with Wright as the lead instead of Spacey, the period of time between the shutdown of production and the decision to bring it back was nerve-wracking.
“I got incredibly nervous that none of us were...
The actions taken by Netflix and Mrc in the fall of 2017, following the exposure of Kevin Spacey’s alleged sexual misconduct just as production was beginning on the final season of “House of Cards,” have been thoroughly documented. But while showrunners Frank Pugliese and Melissa James Gibson had the benefit of installing Wright’s Claire Underwood as the new president to end Season 5, setting up a final season with Wright as the lead instead of Spacey, the period of time between the shutdown of production and the decision to bring it back was nerve-wracking.
“I got incredibly nervous that none of us were...
- 10/26/2018
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
After nearly a year and a half since season five dropped, House of Cards returns to Netflix with its sixth and final season on Friday, Nov. 2. But just what time will the whole season be available?
Netflix's model of releasing entire seasons all at once on the same day definitely creates a wrinkle as to what exact time the shows should become available. Should all of the world's timezones have access to the show at the same time, or should each timezone have access to the show at the same time on the clock, thereby letting the most eastern locations see the show sooner? Years ago, the streaming giant decided that it should be the former, so shows are released at the exact same second worldwide.
Related: Meet the Shepherd Family, the Newest Addition to the House of Cards Cast
The time itself is an interesting choice, considering Netflix is...
Netflix's model of releasing entire seasons all at once on the same day definitely creates a wrinkle as to what exact time the shows should become available. Should all of the world's timezones have access to the show at the same time, or should each timezone have access to the show at the same time on the clock, thereby letting the most eastern locations see the show sooner? Years ago, the streaming giant decided that it should be the former, so shows are released at the exact same second worldwide.
Related: Meet the Shepherd Family, the Newest Addition to the House of Cards Cast
The time itself is an interesting choice, considering Netflix is...
- 10/26/2018
- by Andrea Reiher
- Popsugar.com
House of Cards season 6, the final act of Netflix’s popular series about political intrigue is a return to form... for the most part.
Yes, there is another season of Netflix’s House of Cards. Yes, it features many of the same things that have endeared its devoted fanbase and enraged its most critical reviewers since it became the first original streaming series ever to score significant Emmy Awards nominations in 2013. And yes, despite everything that happened as a result of the platform’s decision to fire star Kevin Spacey following numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, the Robin Wright-centric sixth and final season is quite good.
At the end of season five, Spacey’s Frank Underwood, the former congressman turned disgraced American president, has resigned. This act promotes his vice presidential wife, Wright’s Claire Underwood, to the highest executive office in the land. Despite the setback, however, the...
Yes, there is another season of Netflix’s House of Cards. Yes, it features many of the same things that have endeared its devoted fanbase and enraged its most critical reviewers since it became the first original streaming series ever to score significant Emmy Awards nominations in 2013. And yes, despite everything that happened as a result of the platform’s decision to fire star Kevin Spacey following numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, the Robin Wright-centric sixth and final season is quite good.
At the end of season five, Spacey’s Frank Underwood, the former congressman turned disgraced American president, has resigned. This act promotes his vice presidential wife, Wright’s Claire Underwood, to the highest executive office in the land. Despite the setback, however, the...
- 10/26/2018
- Den of Geek
A ton of new Netflix originals are arriving on the streaming platform next month, as well as some beloved movies, including “Sex and the City: The Movie” and “Sixteen Candles” (both of which are available on Nov. 1).
The anticipated final season of “House of Cards” will drop on Nov. 2, and fans of the show will see how Kevin Spacey’s character Frank Underwood has been written out of the series. “Narcos: Mexico” will debut on Nov. 16 and Trevor Noah’s latest stand-up special will be available on Nov. 20.
With the holidays in sight, Netflix is bringing a few Christmas offerings next month, including a new movie called “The Christmas Chronicles,” available Nov. 22, and “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding,” available on Nov. 30.
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The anticipated final season of “House of Cards” will drop on Nov. 2, and fans of the show will see how Kevin Spacey’s character Frank Underwood has been written out of the series. “Narcos: Mexico” will debut on Nov. 16 and Trevor Noah’s latest stand-up special will be available on Nov. 20.
With the holidays in sight, Netflix is bringing a few Christmas offerings next month, including a new movie called “The Christmas Chronicles,” available Nov. 22, and “A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding,” available on Nov. 30.
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- 10/24/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Robin Wright said returning to “House of Cards” after Kevin Spacey was fired when sexual misconduct allegations wasn’t as hard as one might think.
“We are all such a tight-knit family on that show and everyone was so dedicated to making the best of ‘House of Cards.’ What that meant was, we gotta close this out. Give the fans what they want,” Wright told Variety on Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth and final season of Netflix’s hit series. “Close out the story, come to the conclusion [Claire Underwood] was always meant to be the first female president.
“More importantly,” she continued, “was why not give these people who had jobs their security they expected and they deserved?”
Co-showrunner Melissa James Gibson said, “We have an amazing crew and an amazing team — many of whom have worked together for so many years — and everybody felt...
“We are all such a tight-knit family on that show and everyone was so dedicated to making the best of ‘House of Cards.’ What that meant was, we gotta close this out. Give the fans what they want,” Wright told Variety on Monday at the Los Angeles premiere of the sixth and final season of Netflix’s hit series. “Close out the story, come to the conclusion [Claire Underwood] was always meant to be the first female president.
“More importantly,” she continued, “was why not give these people who had jobs their security they expected and they deserved?”
Co-showrunner Melissa James Gibson said, “We have an amazing crew and an amazing team — many of whom have worked together for so many years — and everybody felt...
- 10/23/2018
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
A series that was built around the chemistry between two actors — and that had been building toward a climactic showdown — is suddenly a solo act. And while the sixth and final season of “House of Cards” is as mixed a bag as the thrilling but uneven Netflix drama has yet produced, the good news is that Robin Wright is up to the task of anchoring the show.
After all, since the earliest episodes, Wright has been the not-so-secret weapon of “House of Cards,” playing a character whose astringent refusal to yield to emotion balanced the more ornate performance of Kevin Spacey as her ambitious but weaker-willed husband. It was a well-tuned duet in which she did all the calibration, constructing a careful performance around his Shakespearean floridity.
With Spacey now fired from the show due to allegations of past sexual misconduct, Wright is on her own. And the spotlight suits her.
After all, since the earliest episodes, Wright has been the not-so-secret weapon of “House of Cards,” playing a character whose astringent refusal to yield to emotion balanced the more ornate performance of Kevin Spacey as her ambitious but weaker-willed husband. It was a well-tuned duet in which she did all the calibration, constructing a careful performance around his Shakespearean floridity.
With Spacey now fired from the show due to allegations of past sexual misconduct, Wright is on her own. And the spotlight suits her.
- 10/23/2018
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
In its final season, “House of Cards” buries Kevin Spacey in a shallow grave — so shallow, you can still hear Frank Underwood knocking. Killed off as a means to excuse Spacey’s sudden absence from the series, following his termination a year ago for alleged sexual harassment, Francis still steers the ship. More than half the final season passes before “House of Cards” feels like Claire Underwood’s (Robin Wright) story instead of his epilogue, and even when she starts to see her vision borne out, the lingering questions are all about Frank. Despite the hype, Season 6 isn’t Claire’s show. It’s still Frank’s, which undercuts the season’s many attempts at women-first stories and keeps momentum stagnant.
Really, in its dying hours “House of Cards” becomes a murder-mystery. Seeing it this way provides a bit of goofy levity to a series always toeing the line between pompous prestige and soapy melodrama,...
Really, in its dying hours “House of Cards” becomes a murder-mystery. Seeing it this way provides a bit of goofy levity to a series always toeing the line between pompous prestige and soapy melodrama,...
- 10/23/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
I feel compelled to grade House of Cards‘ sixth and final season on a curve. Or at the very least with an asterisk attached to it.
In case you’ve just awakened from an 11-month coma, last fall Netflix fired the series’ leading man Kevin Spacey one month into production amid a growing sexual-misconduct scandal. By December, the streamer announced that it would scrap the three episodes previously shot and start Season 6 over with a drastically streamlined narrative (eight episodes vs. 13) that centered squarely on Robin Wright‘s newly-minted Potus, Claire Underwood.
It’s hard to imagine a more daunting...
In case you’ve just awakened from an 11-month coma, last fall Netflix fired the series’ leading man Kevin Spacey one month into production amid a growing sexual-misconduct scandal. By December, the streamer announced that it would scrap the three episodes previously shot and start Season 6 over with a drastically streamlined narrative (eight episodes vs. 13) that centered squarely on Robin Wright‘s newly-minted Potus, Claire Underwood.
It’s hard to imagine a more daunting...
- 10/23/2018
- TVLine.com
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